"Ultimate Fighter" Season 9 Contestants

The 32 fighters competing on the U.S. vs. U.K. season of the “Ultimate Fighter” have been announced via UFC.com. Michael Bisping and Dan Henderson will be the coaches for their respective countries as the show debuts on SpikeTV on April 1st.

Season 9 of the “Ultimate Fighter” will feature both welterweights and lightweights vying for a contract to fight for the UFC.

Here are the list of guys who most of the casual MMA world has never heard of. Hopefully, this season will be void of the usual drunken confrontations and get down to the actual training and fighting:

Fighting to Represent the United States

Welterweight:
– Ryan Biglar
A member of team Cobra Kai in Las Vegas, Biglar is a 24-year-old jiu-jitsu artist originally from Guam.

– Ray Elbe
Born and raised in Arizona, the 25-year-old Elbe (20-11) has spent parts of the last three years perfecting his muay thai skills in Phuket, Thailand.

– Christian Fulgium
Fighting out of the Gladiator camp in Lafayette, Louisiana, Fulgium is a wrestler with a combined 6-2-1 mixed martial arts record.

– DaMarques Johnson
Johnson, a member of Elite Performance in Salt Lake City, Utah, began training in mixed martial arts in 2001 while serving in the military. He has since amassed a 13-6 mixed martial arts record.

– Kevin Knabjian
Born and raised in Chicago, Knabjian (10-3-1) wrestled at Division 1 Eastern Illinois University and graduated with a degree in Business Management. Knabjian trains out of Gilbert Grappling in Chicago.

– Alex Reid
Alexander Reid trains in London, England with the London Shoot Fighters. The 33-year-old stand up artist is 10-9-1 in his twenty mixed martial arts bouts.

– James Wilks
Born and raised in England, 30-year-old fighter James Wilks has trained with Eric Paulson in Orange County, California since 2000. The 6’1” striker is 5-2 in his mixed martial arts career.

Lightweight:
– James Bryan
Lightweight James Bryan (3-1) is a 25-year-old stand up fighter from Somerset, England.

– Dan James
Dan James, 3-0, is a stand up artist fighting out of Swansea, Wales. The 5’10” fighter has won two of his fights by TKO.